Articles about Ray of Hope Accelerator

From bullet trains to green buildings: Innovators take cue from nature through biomimicry

By Jill Baker - Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters.

As Janine Benyus wrote in her seminal book "Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature", released in 1997: ”Unlike the Industrial Revolution, the Biomimicry Revolution introduces an era based not on what we can extract from nature, but on what we can learn from her.”As nature-based solutions gain greater prominence, amid the deepening climate change and biodiversity crises, 66-year-old Benyus believes the movement she created will be even more critical.

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Ray of Hope Accelerator Demo Day

The Biomimicry Institute will host a Demo Day on February 12 for the current cohort of climate tech startup companies participating in the Ray of Hope Accelerator.

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Biomimicry Institute Unveils New Report Highlighting Ray of Hope Accelerator Success

Innovative Startups Inspired by Nature Drive Sustainable Solutions Worldwide

The Biomimicry Institute, a not-for-profit organization that empowers nature-inspired solutions for a healthy planet, today shared the Ray of Hope Accelerator Impact Report, showcasing the remarkable achievements of the program over the past five years. Since its inception, the Ray of Hope Accelerator has distributed $750,000 in non-dilutive funding to 49 impactful startups, 35% of which are women-led.

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Building a founder community for collective climate action; Focus on the 2024 Ray of Hope Accelerator Cohort

A Blog by Sarah McInerney, Biomimicry Institute

The 2024 cohort teams in the Biomimicry Institute's Ray of Hope Accelerator are scaling nature-inspired technologies to address urgent environmental and social challenges.

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Brightening Our Corner - November 2024

Our quarterly newsletter has been published.

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Tardigrades & Silkworms: Nature's Secret to Smarter Seed Coatings

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The Biomimicry Institute Unveils 10-Year Strategy

Announcing a vision for a Nature-Positive, Inclusive, and Regenerative World during New York Climate Week

The Biomimicry Institute, a nonprofit organization committed to advancing a Nature Positive, inclusive, and regenerative world inspired and guided by nature’s genius, today announced the launch of its ambitious 10-year strategy at New York Climate Week.

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Check out Our August Newsletter

Check out our latest newsletter. Get your RayDay tickets and see all the updates from The Ray, the Ray C. Anderson Center for Sustainable Business, Biomimicry Institute and Drawdown Georgia and more.

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The Best of Biology and Electrochemistry Produces Carbon Negative Chemicals

Anodyne Chemistries has created a new bioelectric manufacturing process to produce chemicals more efficiently and sustainably than the leading thermochemical process.

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Biomimicry Institute Announces 2024 Ray of Hope Accelerator Cohort

Meet 2024’s Top 10 Nature-Inspired Startups Working to Solve Crucial Environmental and Social Problems

The Biomimicry Institute today announced the 10 startups selected to participate in the transformational Ray of Hope Accelerator. The six-month accelerator is designed to propel nature-inspired startups towards commercialization through robust training, networking, $15,000 in non-dilutive funding and over $50,000 of in-kind services.

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